Michael Roberts

I'm the creator of TADS, and the author of several full-scale IF games, including Ditch Day Drifter, Deep Space Drifter (with Steve McAdams), Perdition's Flames, The Plant, and Return to Ditch Day. Most of my IF-related effort is currently being spent on TADS 3, the latest iteration of TADS.

Interactive Fiction by Michael Roberts

Deep Space Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts and Steve McAdams (1990) (6 ratings)Stranded in deep space after running out of fuel, you luck upon a nearby space station. When you get there, though, the place is abandoned, and strange things seem to have been happening lately....

Ditch Day Drifter, by Michael J. Roberts (1990) (20 ratings)You're an undergraduate at Caltech, and you wake up to find it's Ditch Day, the traditional event when seniors leave the campus for the day, leaving behind puzzles for the underclassmen to solve in...

Perdition's Flames, by Michael J. Roberts (1993) (18 ratings)The afterlife isn't what you expected. Explore a strangely modernized and bureaucratic underworld, replete with strip malls, government offices, and science labs, as well as the occasional lake of...

The Plant, by Michael J. Roberts (1998) (32 ratings)You're on a business trip with your boss, driving down a deserted highway in the middle of nowhere, when the car breaks down. You set off on foot seeking help, but you soon find yourself in the...